NGC 1151
NGC 1151
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1151 as it looked roughly 424 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1150Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1157Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1157Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 1866Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 270Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 272Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).